Recent content by TyroneGenade

Those are good roots in IMG_0500 and the plant in IMG_0544 looks good. I like the pots you are using. The moss in IMG-0496 looks too dry. These can grow in full sun if kept suitably wet. So far so good. Good luck!

What is called java moss in the aquarium trade is actually several species. The java moss grown in Singapore turned out to be Taxiphyllum barbieri -- according to a Singapore bryologist in 2003 or so when the moss craze was taking off. Vesicularia dubyana ad it turned out had just been...

You could try something like Java moss. I grow it in my aquariums but it does grow emersed and am growing some around my orchids. It does not grow densely and remains airy. I used to grow Masdevalias in thick mounds of the stuff. It will need high humidity. You can buy it as algae free tissue...

I would think you don't want a moss species that would grow so dense that it could impede the flow of water into the substrate and through the pot.

I'm sorting it to size and use pieces about 1/2 - 3/4" in size. Larger chunks at the bottom, smaller chunks to the top. Those I have transplanted look to be happily sending out new roots. Time will tell... I punch a hole in the side of the yogurt tub about 1" from the bottom so there is a...

All my Phrags are going into yogurt tubs and lava rock. I will let you know how that goes...

http://www.killifishofwestafrica.co.uk/Code_Library/HAH98.htm I'm making the big assumption this is the same Nevin Aspinwall. I had a brief opportunity to converse with Rosario last November and it felt like such an honor -- the highlight of the evening -- even though I was the invited...

Hi Nevin. Welcome! Feel free to post killifish pictures too 😄

Sounds like a candidate for potting up in lava rock.

Alas, I do not live in Puerto Rico so I could grow one out doors.

In-Charm has done some helenae x multifloral crosses. Several have been posted on this forum. E.g.: https://www.slippertalk.com/threads/paph-in-charm-helen-in-charm-lady-x-helenae.53302/ and https://www.slippertalk.com/threads/paph-vanguard-x-henryanum.53386/#post-730844

I share you skepticism, Ray. What I expect is that the tank pH drops suddenly or some other perturbation and this increase in H+ or other molecules forces other molecules off the carbon. I don't expect it has the same affinity for all molecules and ions... Whether activated or not, charcoal...

Charcoal filters by adsorption -- stuff just sticks to it. This adsorption will continue until it is full up with stuff. In aquariums we experience the problem of the carbon suddenly dumping all the stuff it has absorbed into the water column with little provocation hence the need to replace it...

Whenever I have heard people talk about charcoal "sweetening" the mix it has been in the context of medium acidification so for me the alkaline charcoal makes perfect sense. I think an interesting experiment would be to rinse the charcoal first and then put it in the water and measure what the...

And a handsome one at that.